Senate Works To Continue Farmers' Crop Programs

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February 2, 1996

WASHINGTON — Senate leaders worked on a compromise farm bill Thursday, but the House failed to bring a companion measure to the floor. The Senate negotiations began in earnest after an early vote made it clear that an original Republican proposal would not pass. Negotiators were trying to work out an arrangement that would continue existing crop programs for a number of years, perhaps three, while giving farmers a percentage of their subsidy payments in advance. The House bill, meanwhile, bogged down in the face of Republican criticism of the sugar, dairy and peanut programs.